Quotes About Presence

Being able to have a laboratory on Mars, being able to have some sort of sustained human presence on Mars in the future, I think, is critically important for science.

I have a natural swagger.

The more confidence you have, the more swagger you play with.

For me, I always think of the image of sweeping out my footprints as I walk through a scene.

Being sweet is something that's already given. As a beauty queen, you know that you should be relatable to people, that you should be authentic - and that makes you sweet. But you should also have that 'it' factor, and the confidence that will make you spicy.

Now when I see something beautiful or funny or sweet, sometimes I reach for my camera, but other times I think, 'I need to let this moment exist. I don't have to capture everything. I just want to experience it.'

I'm a good dad. I'm an evolved dad. You know, you see a lot of guys when they're in training camp, they go off, do their own thing. But I'm in the midst of it. Swim lessons? I'm there. Changing diapers, teething, doctor's appointments, I'm there 24/7.

But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you're doing.

Most players I play with, I don't look at their swing when they're over the ball or anything like that.

To increase our objectivity, we must learn to switch off the mini-movies. Objectivity requires us to be mindful, present in the moment, and experiencing what is happening without judgment.

Sting is much better at switching off than I am. He can concentrate and meditate whatever might be going on in the room and is far more disciplined.

I really do try not to emote. I don't like seeing it on documentaries - it seems a bit unprofessional. I also need to be human being and be a kind of sympathetic presence for the contributors I'm with, so there' a line you have to walk.

The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise.

Meditation is not following any system; it is not constant repetition and imitation. Meditation is not concentration.

If I were fully conscious of my surroundings at this moment, I would describe the light through the window, the way it searches out the apples in the glass bowl, buffing them to an unnatural sheen. I bought them for their fragrance, not their freshness, so even if you were to close your eyes, you'd know you were in the presence of apples. You would smell the heavy softening, the sweet rotting where apple ends and cider begins.

to be lost is to be fully present, and to be fully present is to be capable of being in uncertainty and mystery. And one does not get lost but loses oneself, with the implication that it is a conscious choice, a chosen surrender...

A lone walker is both present and detached, more than an audience but less than a participant. Walking assuages or legitimizes this alienation.

when it comes down to it, that's what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can't show up anymore.

when it comes down to it, that's what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can't show up anymore.

I want to lay up like that, to float unstructured, without ambition or anxiety. I want to inhabit my life like a porch.

Listening intently even for a minute is one of the nicest gifts we can give to another human being.

If you cannot find the truth where you are, Where do you expect to find it? —Master Dogen

Nebby appeared

Your very first, basic, fundamental task as an SGL is to 1. Show up predictably. 2. Show up mentally. 3. Show up randomly.